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COSTS

Hunting
Fees:

SCI Auction Hunt

Amount:

$0

Trophy Fees:

N/A

Amount:

$0

Permits/Licenses:

N/A

Amount:

$0

Commercial
Airfares:

Airline Miles

Amount:

$0

Charter Airfares:

Amount:

$0

Other Costs:

Tips to guide and Manager

Amount:

$0

Total:

$0

SUMMARY
REMARKS

Problems
of Hunt:

None!

Highlights
of Hunt:

Seeing many Trophy class Red Stag and Fallow Deer every day. Also Tahr,and Wallabies every day. Beautiful hunting area with deep brushy canyons, and open grassy hill tops.

Equipment
Recommendations:

Good hiking boots, good binos, and layered clothing for changing weather and temperatures.

Would You
Recommend This Hunt to a Friend?

yes

Why?

First Class Facilities and Equipment. Beautiful Lodge with excellent food! Hunting area only 15 minutes away with lots of game in the Trophy Class! Guide and Manager Friendly, Very Knowledgeable, and Accommodating! Middle of the "Roar" and both Red Stag and Fallow Bucks very vocal!

Hunt was my wife's 75 birthday present. She is both a Cancer survivor and had Polio as a child, but very good in spite of them.I am in reasonable condition for nearly 76, with both hips and a shoulder replaced. Knee scheduled for next week.

IMPORTANT
NOTES (actions taken if hunter unhappy with hunt)

Notified Outfitter? no

Notified Personal Guide? no

Notified Booking Agent? no

Seeking any
kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter
or guide? no

If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL
HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

This hunt was purchased at the SCI Auction for my wife. Manager Carla Lucas picked us up at the Queenstown airport and proceeded to give us a several hour tour on the way to the Lodge at Kurow. The lodge is first class, meals with wine were excellent! Only one hunting Party at a time at this Location. After a hot breakfast each morning we proceeded to the hunting area with guide Andy Taylor. Andy has years of experience, with a keen eye to spot and judge animals. We saw 12-20 SCI silver and gold medal class Red Stag and Fallow deer each day. Wife could have shot her stag early the first day but Andy suggested we look at a few to determine the "Style" of antlers she preferred if possible. Wife shot her stag with a single shot from a borrowed 30.06. I shot a few Wallabies and had not intended to shoot a stag. We saw several with broken horns from fighting. Saw a gold medal class Stag with a broken skull, one horn hanging down, and obviously going to die a prolonged painful death so I shot it! Hunted many places over the last nearly 65 years and this was Absolutely First Class!

Subscriber-Written Trip Report On New Zealand Trophy Hunting Hunts

Below is one sample of such a Report which is made available to you FREE of Charge.

Seeking any
kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter
or guide?

If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL
HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

Hunted with my 17 year old son. We purchased this donated hunt at the SCI auction in Reno. It included 2 Gold Medal red stag, a tahr and chamois plus duck hunting and fishing. My son told Tim when he got there that he wanted to try for the South Pacific Slam by shooting 12 South Pacific species and they got it done, hence the upgrade charges. We hunted the red stag, wapiti and fallow deer at the 20,000 acre Foveran Deer Park. The game was plentiful and in good shape. We took 388" and 365" stag, a 360" wapiti and several 200+" fallow of different colors. We also hunted free range tahr, free range red stag and feral boar in the Hunter Hills area and traveled to the West Coast via helicopter for free range Chamois in the mountains around Mt Cook. Somewhere along the way, we managed to find South Pacific wild turkey, Arapawa ram, feral goat and a feral ox, plus a South Pacific whitetail. The feral boar had 8" tusk showing and may be the new South Pacific #1 after drying. My son also took the feral goat and feral ox with a crossbow with will put each of those in the Top 10 in their categories. Tim is an excellent PH and managed to fill every minute of our day with some type of hunting adventure. When we weren't hunting big game, we were after rabbit or duck hunting in the evenings and we even found time to go shark fishing and Bungy Jumping. The Hunter Hills Lodge was comfortable, we each had private rooms and Tim's wife Vanessa took good care of us and made us feel right at home while we were there.

Subscriber-Written Trip Report On New Zealand Trophy Hunting Hunts

Below is one sample of such a Report which is made available to you FREE of Charge.

Seeking any
kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter
or guide?

If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL
HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

The hunt of a lifetime. The area was around 20,000 acres - trophy class animals but was a challenge - the stag I took was massive beyond belief - you can stick your arm and fist into the crowns - I highly recommend this outfitter and this hunt.